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At this rate, why not. (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 22 hours ago (10 children)

Paper is here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.06623

[–] [email protected] 54 points 21 hours ago (7 children)

wow, and the bomb only needs a yield of 1620 times the largest nuclear bomb ever deployed.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

"Nuclear explosions are inherently unsafe"

Well, he warns about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 31 minutes ago

And states the main problem, with a deep ocean detonation, would be fallout.

I'm not sure that's right. The shockwave of a bomb that insane could easily have seismic and tsunami effects. Probably be the biggest mass of dead fish floating at the surface, too.

Should probably talk to some geologists first.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Nuclear explosions are inherently unsafe…

…but fuck them fish!

[–] JoeBigelow 2 points 12 hours ago

"Barren seafloor"

"That's what we call your mom Kevin!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

[citation needed]

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